A new research review led by Griffith University suggests using human urine as a fertilizer could significantly boost ...

Human urine—often flushed away without thought—could be key to making agriculture and wastewater treatment more sustainable and energy efficient, according to new research from the University of ...

Using human urine as fertilizer could support urban farming and reduce emissions and water use. (CREDIT: Marcin Szczepanski / Senior Multimedia Producer, University of Michigan, College of Engineering ...

Researchers have found a new way to use human urine to make fertilizer for agricultural crops. Their discovery is significant because it can better utilize wastewater in cities and on farms without ...

The reuse of human urine would allow for the production of sustainable fertilizers for urban agriculture, with significant environmental benefits. This is the conclusion of a study conducted by the ...

Stanford University researchers have built a photovoltaic-thermal electrochemical stripping system that extracts fertilizer nutrients from human urine. They say the system could provide a ...

From chicken muck to human urine-based products and microbial solutions, growers are improvising to maintain crop yields.

If you find yourself in the middle of nowhere with a gaping wound and no antiseptic solution, then human pee is the next best thing. The sterile disinfectant also doubles as a superb plant fertilizer, ...

The growing need for food has led to a rising demand for fertilizers—especially nitrogen. But making nitrogen fertilizers uses large amounts of fossil fuels, including natural gas, coal, and oil.

Human urine – often flushed away without thought – could be key to making agriculture and wastewater treatment more sustainable and energy efficient, according to new research from the University of ...